| Society considers a mother who smokes while | | | | willpower and "should" stop smoking. |
| pregnant to be repulsive. But I have sympathy for | | | | The people who say this are ill-informed and do not |
| these mothers because there is a lot more than | | | | understand addiction. They do not understand how the |
| meets the eye when it comes to smoking. Find out | | | | chips are stacked against you if you are an addict. |
| more in this article. | | | | So, what can a mother do if she is expecting and |
| We all know that cigarettes are harmful to our health. | | | | wants to try and stop? |
| This is no longer the days of the 50s and 60s when | | | | The Man Should Stop Smoking |
| society was ignorant of the dangers. And yet, despite | | | | First of all, the man should stop smoking. There is |
| smoking bans, there are still some innocents affected | | | | simply no excuse for the partner to not attempt to quit |
| by smoking against their wishes including unborn | | | | smoking. This will lend great moral support to the |
| children. Yet is this treatment of smoking mothers fair? | | | | mother. It will also mean that the household is smoke |
| The Damage That Can Be Done | | | | free and less temptations will be in the household, such |
| The most well known fact about how smoking affects | | | | as a pack of cigarettes lying around. |
| the unborn child is in the eventual birth weight. We all | | | | Alternatives To Willpower Based Methods |
| know that birth weight is a good barometer of a | | | | Most people quit using willpower based methods. If you |
| person's future health and smoking during pregnancy is | | | | are a mother-to-be and a smoker, then I seriously |
| often associated with low birth weight. What you may | | | | suggest to you that you research all forms of smoking |
| also not have heard is that smoking can make | | | | cessation. There are many different methods out |
| miscarriage more likely, by as much as 50%. | | | | there such as hypnosis and others which may give |
| Addiction | | | | you a much higher chance than willpower alone. There |
| Let's not forget that cigarette smoking is an addiction. | | | | are even some methods that are based on cognitive |
| Very few people are able to quit using willpower alone, | | | | behavioural therapy that do not rely on willpower alone. |
| for more than a few days. Expecting anyone to quit | | | | I understand how difficult it can be to break addiction |
| for 9 months using willpower methods is almost | | | | but at the very least, explore all the methods available |
| ridiculous. | | | | to you. You owe your child that much and anything |
| A lot of people will counter that if a woman is | | | | less would be irresponsible. |
| expecting a child then she "should" have more | | | | |